Re: People who develop with MySQL and/or other GPL based code
Re: People who develop with MySQL and/or other GPL based code
- Subject: Re: People who develop with MySQL and/or other GPL based code
- From: Chris Ridd <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 19:11:07 +0000
On 31/12/03 5:43 pm, Creed Erickson <email@hidden> wrote:
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On Wednesday, December 31, 2003, at 08:58 AM, Chris Ridd wrote:
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> I don't think that matters. Your program links against libodbc.dylib
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> (the
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> open source iODBC stuff Apple's included since Jaguar), and therefore
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> doesn't link against MyODBC. As a result, your program doesn't depend
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> on
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> ("isn't a derivative work" of) MyODBC, and therefore doesn't have to be
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> GPLed.
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>
This is the crux of the problem, IMHO. If you look at direct
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dependencies, then your program is not linked to and does not derive
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from the GPL source. However, if you remove the GPL object code from
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the system, your program will no longer work. Does this secondary
It will not work against a MySQL database, but it will still work against
any other database that you have a ODBC driver for. I would consider this as
my program not depending on MyODBC.
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dependency constitute a derivation? The language has been muddy with
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regard to the definition of "derivative work." Liberal interpretations
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abound in both camps leading to some justifiable FUD where use of GPL
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components in commercial software is concerned.
Cheers,
Chris
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